decrepitude

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But they just had accelerated decrepitude in my hands.

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a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

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noun

a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

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noun

a state of deterioration due to old age or long use

Example sentences

But they just had accelerated decrepitude in my hands.

I wonder if it's a sign of my impending decrepitude, but I can't think of a use for this that would tickle my hacker nerve.

But illness, depression and early decrepitude cost society too, which has its impact on CO2 footprint...

Why should we pay a heavy price in wasted time and pollution to commute to/from a suburb just so we can avoid the filth and decrepitude?

I would have preferred to be able to wait until the Pros get Haswell, but I can't really wait any longer due to the decrepitude of my current laptop.

His main argument is that by funding BuzzFeed he is "contributing to intellectual decrepitude" of young readers.

Fortunately conservatives have hurtled to the right faster than decrepitude could propel me in the same direction.

A lot of people talk about repairing decrepitude of the body, but what about decrepitude of ideas and world views?What if advancement depends on the death of people with outdated ideas?

More like economic insecurity combined with moral decrepitude.

If none of those matter, then why do other inherited IBC matter?Suppose I'm rich, from a family of millionaires for multiple generations; do you still want to discriminate for me against the poor because of IBC?Perhaps USA is different but in my country, UK, it's possible for a motivated individual to go from decrepitude to being part of the 1% within a generation.